The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-27
THE WESTERN STATES.

MAYOR FRANCIS of st Louis, has appoint
ed committee composed of many prominent
citizens to invite President Cleveland to visit
that city during the fall festivities.
CHICAGO elevators contain 10, 55G, 063 bush
els of wheat 2, l63, 6l5 bushels of corn, 42S $50
bushels of oats, 43, 162 bushels of rye, and
13, 230 bushels of barley; total, 13,2O4, $50
bushels of all kinds of grain, against l0, 62G,
46l bushels q year ago.
AT Nelson, Neb, a farmer named Conrad
was taken from Jail and lynchel by mob.
Conrad had been arrested for the murder and
robbery of another farmer named Henry
Sallen.
A MINNEAPOLIS dispatch says the St An
thony Elevator, one of the largest in the
Northwest, caught fire on Tuesday and was
destroyed with its contents, about /, lOO,O 600
bushels of wheat The elevator was triple
structure, connected by tramways, and had a
capacity of 100000 bushels. The loss on
buildings and machinery is $3.50, coo and the
loss on grain $50, 900. The elevator was the
largest in the Northwest, and was owned by a
large syndicate Of Minneapolis capitalists.
AFTER a race at Peoria, ILL., Glen Miller, a
trotting stallion, was given a drink of ice
water, which resulted in his death He had a
record of 2:lS, and was valued at $4,000
The pangs of disappointed love and whip
ping 10y her father were too much for Grace
Stearns, 1G-year-old miss living near Elk
hart, Indiana, and she committed suicide by
hanging.
SELLS BROTHERS circus exhibited at Gin
ton, Iowa, Wednesday night, and the white
cowboys and Indians engaged In a sham en-
counter The redmen were supposed to at
tack stage-coach, the passengers of which,
having been overpowered, are on the point
of being scalped, when handful
of cowboys dash up, and with
repeating weapons, shouts, and lassoes,
dispense the bloodthirsty aboriginss. When
the rescuers dashed up the shooting became
lively, and several in the audience uttered
shrieks OF pain and fell headlong from their
seats. The performance was stopped, and it
was found that several persons were fatally
injured George H. Arlington, aged II
years, was fatally shot in the forehead,
the ball having entered his brain.
Mrs. A. w. Lamberton was shot in the left
side above the heart The ball was taken
lTOin heT DhCh. bHe VIII IcCONeI. Ndllacc
Phillips, aged IA years, was shot in the top Of
the head The ball Is embedded in the skull
OnJ Indian was shot 1t is supposed that a
cowboy got a loaded revolver instead of one
filed with blank cartridges The Sells Broth
ers are sparing no expense in making the
wounded people comfortable.
ENocH PRIpwE1L and Thomas j. Price,
farmers and neighbors, living on tho Wabash
River, twenty miles north Of Palestine, Ill
quarreled over a broken wagon. Bridwell
tried to stab Price with q pitchfork Price
took the fork from Bridwell, whereupon the
latter attacked the former with large iron
bolt Price picked up n fence picket and
struck him over the head, killing him.
A DISPATCH from Streator, Ill, gives the
following account Of a terrible powder explo-
sion in that city on Thursday morning:
About o'clock a. m. the residents of this
city were awakened from slumber by terrific
real OF what appeared to be thunder, which
was followed by "A rocking aud swaying Of the
earth and a sweeping rush OF air which made
buildings totter ON their foundations as IL In
| the clutch Of seismic wave. Each indi
| vidual thought his own house had been
| struck by thunderbolt until, emerging
| from the crash of broken glass and fall
| ing plaster, he went out in the open
| air and discovered by the flames that the dis
| turbance was in the southeastern part of the
| city. Here was soon congregated half the pop
ulation Of the town, and it was soon learned
| that the shock had been caused by the explo
| sion Of about ten tons of powder stored in the
powder house Of the Chicago. Wilmington and
| Nermilion Coal Company. The explosion wa'